Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FULLNECK

FULLNECK, a village in Pudsey chapelry, Calverley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles E of Bradford. It has a post office under Leeds. A Moravian establishment has been here since 1748; and includes apartments for single men, apartments for single women, a large hall, and a chapel. James Montgomery, the poet, was educated here.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Fulneck

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